Thomas STRAYHORN

Generation: 1

Thomas STRAYHORN was born Abt 1793; died Aft 1858.

Notes:

1820 US Census in East Nantmeal, Chester, Pennsylvania

Received $80 from Samuel's Will proven 1858

"Strahorn, Thomas to Catherine Hidendry all of Chester County on November 6, 1817 by Rev. John Grier" -American Republican (newspaper) Downingtown, dated November 11, 1817.

We have no birth record for this Thomas, and his birth year is calculated from the 1850 US Census record. We have assumed that his mother was Mary, because it is inconceivable to us that Samuel and Hannah Gheen would have had a child five years before their marriage.

1850 US Census in Jackson, Knox, Ohio as a Miller, 57 years old

Thomas married Catherine HIDENDRY 6 Nov 1817, Forks of Brandywine Church, Chester, Pennsylvania by Rev. John N.C. Grier. [Group Sheet]